After many sent PM's to guys with 26's and no responses... I will make a thread.

Do 26" slicks clear factory honda suspension height? I am afraid to order front suspension and not have it raise the car enough at its highest setting to clear 26" slicks... or is there no issues with most of todays suspension?

 

no they dont clear enough they will rub under braking at the big end of the track. i have 24.5x9x13 and my car is higher than stock to clear the tires while under braking.

your best option is to trim the fenders or buy a three piece front end

 

I would guess, no. Not without doing something. Look at Joe Simpsons car. He doesn't have the wide front end.

Maybe he cut the fenders, has wheel spacers, check the offset of the wheels. There are a number of ways to make them fit.

 

I have a 96 civic coupe with a JoJo callos front end, but before I possibly buy something I cant use, I wanna find out the facts

 

What suspension are you running or planning on buying that is not at all ride height adjustable?

 

So your planning on spending the money for 26's without knowing if you'll have place or class to run them in, or are you just looking to run brackets ?

I could be wrong but I don't believe "outlaw" is a class next season.

 

26"s will clear the suspension, But they may rub the pinch rail.

 

Ok, well sir, I have 24.5s. BUT I am wanting to get 26s for the weekend races we have here and I ALSO will be running the car on 26" Hoosier DR's for street driving. But as the car nears completion, I need to know what suspension is best for big tire cars. THANKS

 

 

ok nevermind.

I just heard that some suspension setups at their VERY highest do not come as high as STOCK height. I am just asking what the guys here use on 26" slick cars. I dont wanna make a mistake and buy something that wont clear on its highest setting is that makes sense. I heard it happens.

Sorry for sounding like an idiot and trying to ask a question.

 

my old progress coilovers would not go high enough to clear 26's.

my omnipower drag coilovers go high enough to clear.

hope that helps lol

 

I thought it was a reasonable question. But then again Eggum,Palo and a few others run or ran omni drag suspension with 26"

 

I just quoted myself again since you may have missed it. That's all.

Whenever you raise a car by jacking the spring perch it's changing things around. It will no doubt be argued how much, but it does change your original settings.

From experience, Progress stuff is extremely adjustable as there are different bodies you can use, longer/shorter springs, and the body is threaded a great deal to allow that change.

I would suggest tossing stock stuff on there for fitment, then see what you would like to change. Make sure the tires are at race pressure and put your weight in the car as well. It will give you a starting point. That's how my car was setup like and I was able to work off a known, instead of an unknown.

 

Thanks, a simple answer for what I was looking for, not sure why it requires a root canal kinda procedure to get replies/results.

Proves that you may buy suspension thinking plain and simple it will work and have the car high enough to clear 26s', but in the end once you make the purchase and install, they do not.

My buddy far away has some GC coilovers on Tokico struts for sale, but I was curious if they would make the car sit high enough.

 

Don't worry about asking questions, just make sure you give us enough info to make a good recommendation.

We're all guilty of that from time to time.

 

Gracias

 

That setup will absolutely suck, and I doubt it would go up enough. You don't need the car falling on its face every shift. Get something drag oriented.

 

Good point. I have the 18K Drag Omni Rears. I just needed to find something for the front that will clear a 26" slick/dr.

thanks! Just gotta find someone selling Front Omni's only. :/

 

Wade do what rota did, call Progress Auto and tell Joey we sent you, tell him you'd like to talk to Ed. Tell him what you want to do, he will guide you through the process of getting the correct set up the first time.

Sounds like your serious and want to be fast and safe.

 

Car will be complete in a few months. It's a 2.0L GSR, built just like any other 800+hp engine, coil on plug ignition, Autronic EMS, 1600s, S372 coming soon, Circuit worx axles and spool, yada yada.... thanks for the help.

Seems the run of the mill Omni front suspension will work just fine though and be had for cheap.

 

Progress can make ya just the fronts for a very reasonable price and better yet it can be built around you instead of just the run of the mill omni :-p

As you can tell I'm partial to them haha

Good luck in whatever ya do!

 

very well put. I work 60 hrs a week and dont have much time for calls. can you PM me a rough estimate with what I am looking for maybe? Just to get me a start point

 

Jason hunt went 9.5's with that same set up. On his CRX and on the EK coupe........

 

progress was great with me and ed is an awesome guy to deal with.

 

And he would have gone 9.3's with something better........lol

Do you run that then?